This scene is EVERYTHING. AHAHAAAA I CAN'T WAIT. :DDDD

Ah yes, her relationship to both of them is so interesting to me, actually. I need to know more about that, so much more. :D Also, care to share some headcanons?

Well, my head canon is that after the collapse of SHIELD, Maria becomes sort of a collection/contact point for all the loyal agents drifting around, and channels them towards Stark Industries which is surreptitiously taking on the task of global protection. Which then of course seems to go wrong a wee bit via Ultron.

Before the fall, she and Clint developed a grudging respect, but she always hated his ways of going off protocol whenever it suited him, while he thinks she's a bit of a tightass. But there is always that respect for someone who does the job loyally and well, and is fundamentally a Good Person.

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Yep, that makes perfect sense. She's a known entity to so many, she has to be, and I guess the type of person who worked for SHIELD in the first place won't just shrug and get a janitor's job instead. Actual SHIELD has gone underground and is getting a bad rep, so going where Maria went has to look like a good alternative in that case.

Which then of course seems to go wrong a wee bit via Ultron. -- Tiny little bit. XD

And yep. Not exactly best friends or likely to, like, go grab a beer together, but they did/do respect each other's competence.

ME TOO. Also ohhhh my headcanons lol. I have this whole headcanon that her and Clint kind of jokingly hate each other, though they don't really HATE each other, more like a mutual brother-sister affection where Clint constantly disobeys her orders and is late for meetings and mocks up his meeting reports and pisses her off and Maria loves to spar verbally with him, because he's sharp and bone-headed at the same time. And it's a different relationship than Fury because she's comfortable with Fury but they're equals in superiority, and different than Natasha because Nat is a woman and she can be more open with her, but Clint is like her little brother and she respects him but she also gives him a hard time. But they have fun together, and they're comfortable with each other in the way most people aren't. And because of that, Hill knows more about Strike Team Delta than most people.

Also, in non-Clint head canon news, Maria is close with Bobbi (since before she married Clint) and turned Bobbi onto gin and tonics one time during a mission.

I feel a "Five Times Maria Hill Told Clint ..." coming on ...

Maybe for those trick or treaters ...

Hmmm....

Okay, thanks, you've done it now!! ;-)

Haha YESSSS I know you understand my Maria/Clint love! I would be HAPPY to indulge you in this if you weren't, you know, worried about getting something overly quickly. It just may take me awhile for certain trick or treats.... ;)

I'll be behind in my treats too. But ... ideas!!

THAT IS WONDERFUL. I like the idea that Maria's relationship with Clint is basically 'you're a pain in my ass but, dammit, I like you', lol. And ooh, I'm not sure who's supposed to be older by years, but she IS his superior, so that has to make for an interesting dynamic. YES GOOD, I LIKE THIS.

Of course she is. She definitely is. (I'm really into all the SHIELD ladies being besties, Maria, Nat, Bobbi, May, with bonus Pepper. :D Also I need Maria and Bobbi icons, jfc, fandom, go fill my needs. xD)